Intro
1. Learn Vocabulary - Learn some new vocabulary before you start the lesson.
2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.
Plot: The starting quarterback (Dennis Quaid) of a football team gets injured. The coach (Al Pacino) is forced to put in a young quarterback (Jamie Foxx) to replace him. From this point, individual attitudes, from the players to the owner (Cameron Diaz), start to surface. The coach, who believes in traditional sports values, tries to hold his team together.
Clip: In this scene, the coach tries to teach his young quarterback something about leadership. The young quarterback doesn’t seem to understand.
Dialog
1. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.
Coach |
Beaman |
Coach: You’re not some flash in the pants corner or receiver or even Julian Washington (another player on the team) you’re a Goddamn quarterback! You know what that means? It’s the top spot, kid. It’s the guy that takes the fall. It’s the guy everybody’s lookin’ at first, the leader of a team, who will support you, when they understand you. Who will break their ribs and their noses and their necks for you because they believe, cause you make them believe. That’s a quarterback.
Beaman: Yeah, I’m the leader of your team. ‘Till Cap’s (the other quarterback) back up. Then I’m back on the bench. Shit, you ain’t said two words to me. ‘Til Ciarabini (another quarterback on the team) went down, then it was, “Go out there and, and play like you’re in the hood, and you’re throwin’ the ball, and your momma’s ringing the dinner bell.” All you do is talk at me, man. I’m going to stay who I am, Steamin’ Willie Beaman. And with the time I’ve got left, I’m gonna play my way, get my dollars up, so when you go to waive me, trade me or injured-reserve me, or whatever the fuck you all do, I’ll be worth ten times what I was worth before I got here.
Coach: You’re very, very young. And you’re very, very stupid.
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Discussion
This movie offers a lot of dialogue, but not too much in the way of conversation. It does show how players and coaches speak to each other “behind the scenes” which is pretty cool, though. As you can imagine, this speech style is not easy to understand. The camera work and the loud music made the movie feel like a music video, but the story was good and the acting well-done. I haven’t seen many other movies that make a sport seem realistic on the screen. If you like sports, this movie is for you. Hope you like this week’s flick,—Doc
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